DIVISION: Basidiomycota, ORDER: Ganodermatales, FAMILY: Ganodermataceae

Ganoderma orbiforme (Fr.) Ryvarden, Mycologia 92: 187 (2000)

as 'orbiformum'

Synonyms (3)

Polyporus orbiformis Fr. (1838)

Fomes orbiformis (Fr.) Cooke (1885)

Ganoderma boninense Pat. (1889)

Misidentifications (1)

Ganoderma miniatocinctum Steyaert sensu Steyaert (1967)

General references

Corner (1983: boninense ?under G. chalceum), Ryvarden (1983: boninense; 1991: orbiformis is Ganoderma, boninense is G. lucidum s. lat.), Moncalvo & Ryvarden (1997: boninense), Ryvarden (2000), Smith & Sivasithamparam (2003: boninense).

References to occurrences in Australia

Cleland & Cheel (1917b: according to Lloyd type is inadequate), Cooke (1879c; 1882a; 1892a), Cunningham (1950b: no material at K; 1965: no material at K), McAlpine (1895), Moncalvo et al. (1995: boninense), Mueller (1881), Smith & Sivasithamparam (2003: boninense), Steyaert (1967: boninense and as miniatocinctum, Lord Howe Is. [erroneously listed under heading of Solomon Is.]).), Thümen (1878).

References with illustrations of microscopic characters

Smith & Sivasithamparam (2003: boninense).